It’s Tuesday, October 4th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes and heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Writing letters to persecuted Christians helps
International Christian Concern reports that writing letters to Christians in prison is highly effective.
In regards to 7,500 letters mailed to two Iranian Christians imprisoned for their faith, ICC reports, “The letters don’t always reach the prisoner. In Maryam and Marziyeh’s case, they never actually got to read a single one. But guess who did read the letters? All 7,500 of them? Their guards! And as the guards read letter after letter, they began to treat Maryam and Marziyeh differently knowing the world was watching everything they did. The guards even became curious about the Bible verses written in the letters and would ask Maryam and Marziyeh for explanations.”
Find out how to write letters to persecuted saints at www.persecution.org/letters
Christian physician assistant fired over refusal to use fake pronouns
Speaking of persecution, there’s another example in the American workplace. Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant within the University of Michigan Health system, has been punished for her Christian convictions.
When asked by representatives of Human Resources and the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion if she would use “gender identity-based pronouns and be willing to refer patients for gender reassignment surgery,” she told them she could not because of her religious beliefs, reports The Christian Post.
According to First Liberty, the interviewer “grew hostile, visibly angry with tight fists and a flushed demeanor, and attacked her religious beliefs. … [He] told Ms. Kloosterman that she ‘could not take the Bible or her religious beliefs to work with her, either literally or figuratively;’ that given her religious beliefs against gender identity-based pronouns and ‘gender reassignment surgery,’ she was to blame for transgender suicides; and that she was ‘evil.”
Subsequently, she was fired after a stellar,17-year career. First Liberty is demanding that she be reinstated or the legal defense organization is promising a lawsuit in a federal court.
Revelation 14:12 challenges believers to endure persecution. The Scripture says, “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep His commands and remain faithful to Jesus.”
Big Tech upset with porn-filtering software
Big Tech is demonstrating its commitment to online pornography, with Google removing porn-filtering companies from the Android Play Store.
This comes after the left-leaning Wired.com published an article titled “The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn ‘Shameware’ Apps.” It was an attack piece on Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You.
Not the Bee commented on Google’s actions. They wrote, “Meanwhile, Amazon, Instagram, Facebook and other apps all listen to you ALL THE TIME and give you ads based on things you just say out loud near your phone.”
But, let us remember, “If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7)
New poll: Republicans have shot at retaking Congress
In God’s providence, it appears the Republicans have a good shot at regaining control of Congress in the 2022 elections because Americans are more concerned about their money than abortion.
A Monmouth poll found that 47% of voters would prefer a Republican-controlled Congress than Democrats, reports The Washington Examiner. And 82% of Americans see inflation as extremely or very important, over 56% who rank abortion as a significant concern.
Ukrainian president wants NATO membership fast-tracked
As of last Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking NATO to accelerate Ukraine’s membership application, reports World Magazine. This follows Russia’s claim on four provinces in the Ukrainian state.
In response, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s top security official, called Zelenskyy’s request akin to “begging NATO to accelerate the start of World War III.”
Gun sales continue to skyrocket
For gun sales, 2022 will turn out to be the third strongest year in American history, right behind 2020 and 2021. That’s according to AmericanRifleman.org.
Gun sales in the U.S. averaged 4,000,000 in the 1990s and early 2000s. Over the last three years, the average has been between 10 and 13 million.
Europe’s 10% inflation rate
There is no abating inflation in the Eurozone — registering 10% in September, up from 9.1% in August.
Meanwhile, the Bank of England has jumped back into Quantitative Easing with plans to issue another $650 billion in the upcoming weeks. The UK national bank has increased its base rate to 2.5% throughout seven rate hikes since January, fighting its own 10.0% inflation rate.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro outperforms polls, headed to run-off
And finally, pundits are saying it was a victory for conservatives in the Brazilian elections over the weekend.
The presidential race tips to a runoff election scheduled for October 30th.
The incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, came within 5% of his challenger, Luiz Inácio Lula, the former leftist president. Indeed, Bolsonaro outperformed the prediction of the polls by 6-8%, giving Bolsonaro a fighting chance for the October 30th runoff.
Sometimes referred to as South America’s Donald Trump, Bolsonaro’s favored candidates won the governorship of São Paulo, and the governorship of Rio de Janeiro.
Bolsonaro to Tucker Carlson: My campaign anchored by John 8:32
Tucker Carlson from Fox News interviewed President Bolsonaro before the weekend’s election. The president quoted from John 8:32 in his comments.
BOLSONARO: “I connected my campaign anchored only with a biblical passage: John 8:32. ‘Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.’ The media never gave me any visibility or space. Much to the contrary, they attacked me all the time throughout the campaign. If the left wing does come back to power, in my view, they will never leave power, and this country will follow the same path as Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. Brazil will become one more wagon on that train.
“The losers will be the Brazilian population and also the left wing itself. The left wing voters will lose as a result. All of South America will be colored red, if you understand me. And, in my view, the United States will become virtually an isolated country in the world.”
CARLSON: “Amazing interview. And guess what? This will shock you. Bolsonaro bears no resemblance whatsoever to the descriptions of Bolsonaro you have read in the New York Times. Completely different person. Seen that before?”
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